Bring trauma-informed practice and lived experience to peer support across Providence Health Care's Urban Health and Substance Use services.

The Peer Support Worker provides day-to-day support to patients and families while helping healthcare providers advance harm reduction, cultural safety, and humility. You will work across opportunities including Addiction Medicine Consult Team and Road to Recovery's Transitional Care Unit. The position also supports research, strategic planning, referral tracking, and service redevelopment through meaningful peer engagement.

Key Responsibilities

- Deliver compassionate peer support across care settings
- Help patients access overdose prevention and cultural spaces
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams




- Contribute to research centre and organizational initiatives
- Organize workload and manage referral information

Requirements:
- Relevant lived or living experience, including substance use
- Recognized Peer Support Training program
- Related education, training, and experience equivalent
- Knowledge of recovery and peer support principles
- Crisis intervention, de-escalation, and conflict resolution skills

Use lived experience, recovery principles, and problem-solving skills to strengthen person-centered substance use care.

📌 Trauma Informed Peer Support Worker (Vancouver)
🏢 Providence Healthcare
📍 Vancouver